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SpaceX gets a green light to more than double its Florida launches
SpaceX is one step closer to nearly tripling the number of Falcon 9 launches from Florida.
U.S. regulators have completed a key environmental review that paves the way for SpaceX to more than double the number of Falcon 9 launches from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Those measures include obtaining additional environmental permits before construction of the new facilities, using sea turtle-friendly lighting at night, and conducting pre-construction surveys of Florida scrub-jay and eastern indigo snake populations to ensure wildlife protection. At SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in Texas, environmental groups sued local regulators over authorizations allowing the company to discharge industrial wastewater from the pad.
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